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THE UNGOVERNABLES – NEW MUSEUM

The Ungovernables show at the New Museum, featuring The Propeller Group’s work Television Commercial For Communism, gets some love from Artinfo.

There is also an interesting article comparing the show with the up and coming Whitney Biennial…

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HO CHI MINH THE VIDEO GAME

Have you ever wanted to play a game of war against the evil tyranny of colonialism? Well here is your chance. Emobi developer Nguyen Tuan Huy and his team have spent the last two years developing “7554″, a high quality …

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MADONNA

I have no idea who won the SuperBowl, or who was even in it. But I do know, that this half time performance with Madonna running the show with Nicki Minaj, MIA, LMFAO and Cee Lo Green was pretty wild and nostalgic for the 80′s. Madonna, do your thing.

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PROPAGATE

How do you instill hope into a country and subsequently back into your brand? If you are Chrysler you hire a Clint Eastwood.

Meanwhile… this advert which was produced by Citizens Against Government Waste a few months ago was quickly banned from major networks as it is seen as too controversial…

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SATURATION – DIFFUSION

Following up on Saors post just a couple days ago, shortly after, three more Tibeten monks set themselves on fire in an act of protest against Chinese rule in Tibet. Two of those Tibetans are in critical condition and one passed away. The latest protest would mean 19 Tibetans had self-immolated in the past year and 13 of them had died. Most of the protesters are Buddhist monks or nuns in what are seen as acts of desperation in the face of tightening Chinese controls over Tibetan life and culture. Most of the immolations have occurred in heavily Tibetan areas of China’s Sichuan province. The Dalai Lama recently spoke out about the wave of self-immolations in Tibet blaming Beijing’s “cultural genocide” continue reading …

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Tibetan Monks Self Immolate in Protest to Chinese Brutality

Last March, a young Tibetan monk died after setting himself on fire in protest against Chinese rule. Phuntsog, a 20-year-old monk from the Kirti monastery in Sichuan province, was the first of 12 protesters — including the first woman — …

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China Heavyweight

In southwestern China, state athletic coaches scour the countryside to recruit poor, rural teenagers who demonstrate a natural ability to throw a good punch. …

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Legendary Artist Mike Kelley Dead at 57

Los Angeles and the world loses an amazing artist. Here’s to you Mr. Kelley. You’re not so bad after all.

“Brechtian Theatre Techniqes by Mike Kelley

After hearing psychedelic music I became a rock music fan and went to many concerts. Two concerts changed everything for me: One was a concert by Sun Ra at the Ann Arbor Blues and Jass Festival, and the other was a concert by Iggy and the Stooges at a small biker bar in Wayne, Michigan…” continue reading…

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ERR

Read More to see additional intentional manufacturing defects.. whew.

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Bullet Proof Skin

It might look like a poorly drawn picture of an alien, but this is actually one of the most advanced types of skin ever made – that can even stop bullets.

[Video after the jump...]…

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